Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Friday 8 January 1954, page 3


Film Of "The Dam Busters"

LONDON, Jan. 7 (A.A.P.). - Production will start in Britain in the next few days of a film version of "The Dam Busters," a novel by Sydney author Paul Brick

hill.

Richard Todd will play the leading role.

An independent British film producer, Major Daniel Angel, has bought for a record fee the film rights of Brickhill's latest book, "Reach For The Sky," the story of the legless wartime air ace, Group-Cap-tain Douglas Baden

The book itself is not due for release by the publishers until April.